Chris Mason
Oakland Fire: Chatter about criminal prosecution of landlord.
Linky link. For those unaware, we had a tragedy in Oakland this past weekend. Fire. About two dozen people lived in the building. Dozens are dead, in what reads like something out of the developing world: very large p...
Joey English
Mamas, don’t let your babies grow up to be broke kids
“Mamas, don’t let your babies grow up to be broke kids”When meeting with sellers, your No. 1 goal should be to solve real estate problems.You should tell them something like, “I’m about to ask you some crazy questions...
Ryan Dossey
What happens to rentals during an economic crash?
For those of you that have experienced it what happens to rentals in a crash? I would imagine investors who mainly have rentals would fare better then those flipping. I'm always looking to plan for the worst. If you c...
Ryan Luby
First Investment: Financing fell through, 2 weeks to close
Bp Community I need some help..I am looking for any specific info/ advice for what I could do.Long story long, I got a pre-approval for over 150k from my bank, then made offers looking for personal investment properti...
Account Closed
Sheriffs Sale (Ohio)
I am looking for info on Sheriffs sales. I look on my countys sale website and it seems there are good deals regularly. We have been using the MLS for flips to this point and the market is dry right now. I am worried ...
Chris Westie
What do you think about these numbers
Looking to buy rental condo. $184,000 property, 20% down, so finance 147,200. Rate estimated to be 4.75% 30 yr fixed, taxes $2175/yr, insurance $600/yr, HOA dues $115/month. Cost estimate would be about $1110/month....
Bryan Young
disability applicant
I have an application in for a person on disabilty income. I dont want to ask any questions about it. my question is there any risk in having a disabled person in a non ADA unit? once their in can they use anything ag...
Oke Tammik
How we got to today's post-COVID RE market.
What does it mean to be in the housing market post COVID?
Most of us remember where we were when it became clear that COVID-19 was truly a global issue that would affect Americans. The call for shutdowns came rapidly...
Ryan Judah
What if the housing voucher/disability doesn't cover min reqts?
We are in WA State and have an available apartment listed for $1250 and one of our minimum requirements is 2.5x monthly rent. She is on disability of $750/month. With these two amounts, however, she doesn't meet our...
Liam Bartlett
Do I only need to repay interest for loan if secured by property?
Hey everyone :) I'm new to BP so sorry for stupid questionsSo I'm 16 and want to start my research into real estate investing, and right now I'm looking into funding an investment. My dad told me the if you get a loan...